"Reprogramming Biology" is the title of noted inventor Ray Kurzweil's
opening keynote address. Kurzweil will expound upon themes in his latest
book, The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, in which he
predicts the next few decades will see the merging of human biology with
the staggering achievements of "GNR" - genetics, nanotechnology and
robotics - to create a species of extraordinarily high intelligence,
comprehension, and memory.